At the hearing, Kavanaugh publicly melted down, careening from crying to shaking with anger and at times even shouting at the senators on the Judiciary Committee. The privileged Republican nominee complained about the unfairness of life and even claimed he was the victim of a massive Democratic-led conspiracy theory to derail his nomination, perhaps as “revenge on behalf of the Clintons.”

Kavanaugh faces multiple accusations of sexual assault, but his nomination has been widely supported by Republicans after Trump nominated him for the powerful position.

The nominee lamented that the Senate has “replaced ‘advice and consent’ with ‘search and destroy’” because some members wanted an investigation into the serious allegations against him before giving him a lifetime appointment to the highest court in the land.

He complained that there has “been a frenzy on the left to come up with something, anything to block my confirmation” and told Democratic senators they had “sowed the wind.”

Stevens, who was appointed by President Gerald Ford and retired in 2010, told the audience at his event that Kavanaugh’s unhinged performance should disqualify him from the court.